Merle Oberon (born Estelle Merle O'Brien Thompson; 19 February 1911 – 23 November 1979) was a British actress of Sri Lankan Burgher origin. Her career spanned the 1920s to the 1970s, and she was a major leading lady during the Golden Age of Hollywood. Born and raised in British India, she began her acting career in British cinema in the early 1930s, with a breakout role in The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933). She later moved to Hollywood, where she became an international star, earning acclaim for films such as The Dark Angel (1935), Wuthering Heights (1939), and That Uncertain Feeling (1941). Her performance as Kitty Vane in The Dark Angel earned her a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress. Oberon's other notable roles included A Song to Remember (1945), Berlin Express (1948), and Désirée (1954). A traffic collision in 1937 caused facial injuries that nearly ended her career, but she recovered and remained active in film and television until 1973. Description above from the Wikipedia article Merle Oberon, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Filmography

• 1973Interval — Serena Moore, Producer
• 1967Hotel — The Duchess Caroline
• 1966The Oscar — Merle Oberon
• 1963Of Love and Desire — Katherine Beckmann
• Assignment Foreign Legion
• 1956The Price of Fear — Jessica Warren
• The 20th Century Fox Hour
• 1954All Is Possible in Granada — Margaret Faulson
• 1954Deep in My Heart — Dorothy Donnelly
• 1954Désirée — Empress Josephine
• General Electric Theater — Mata Hari
• 195224 Hours of a Woman's Life — Linda Venning
• 1952Dans la vie tout s'arrange — Elizabeth Rockwell
• Four Star Playhouse — Martha, Margot Sterling, Carol
• 1951Pardon My French — Elizabeth Rockwell
• 1948Berlin Express — Lucienne Mirbeau
• 1948Night Song — Cathy Mallory
• 1946Night in Paradise — Delarai
• 1946Temptation — Ruby
• 1945A Song to Remember — George Sand
• 1945This Love of Ours — Karin Touzac
• 1944Dark Waters — Leslie Calvin
• 1944The Lodger — Kitty Langley
• 1943First Comes Courage — Nicole Larsen
• 1943Forever and a Day — Marjorie Ismay
• 1943Stage Door Canteen — Merle Oberon
• 1941Affectionately Yours — Sue Mayberry
• 1941Lydia — Lydia MacMillan
• 1941That Uncertain Feeling — Jill Baker
• 1940'Til We Meet Again — Joan Ames
• 1939Over the Moon — Jane Benson
• 1939The Lion Has Wings — Mrs. Richardson
• 1939Wuthering Heights — Catherine 'Cathy' Earnshaw Linton
• 1938The Cowboy and the Lady — Mary Smith
• 1938The Divorce of Lady X — Leslie Steele / Lady Claire Mere
• 1937I, Claudius — Messalina
• 1936Beloved Enemy — Helen Drummond
• 1936These Three — Karen Wright
• 1935Folies Bergère de Paris — Opera Singer (umcredited)
• 1935The Dark Angel — Kitty Vane
• 1934The Battle — Mitsuko Yorisaka
• 1934The Broken Melody — Germaine Brissard
• 1934The Private Life of Don Juan — Antonita, a Dancer of Passionate Temperament
• 1934The Scarlet Pimpernel — Lady Marguerite Blakeney
• 1933The Private Life of Henry VIII — Anne Boleyn
• 1932Aren't We All? — Bit Part
• 1932Ebb Tide — (uncredited)
• 1932For the Love of Mike — Bit Part
• 1932Men of Tomorrow — Ysobel d'Aunay
• 1932Service for Ladies — Undetermined Minor Role (uncredited)
• 1932Wedding Rehearsal — Miss Hutchinson
• 1931Fascination — Flower Seller
• 1931Never Trouble Trouble — Minor Role
• 1930A Warm Corner — Bit Part (uncredited)
• 1928The Three Passions — Bit Part (uncredited)

Appearances as themselves (17)

• 2028Charmed Lives: A Family Romance — Self (archive footage)
• 2019Churchill and the Movie Mogul — Self (archive footage)
• 2002The Trouble with Merle — Self
• 1993Korda: I Don't Grow on Trees: Part One — Self
• The American Film Institute Salute to ... — Self
• 1969The Epic That Never Was — Self - Interviewee / Messalina (archive footage)
• The DuPont Show of the Week — Self
• Letter to Loretta — Self - Guest Host, Self - Guest Host / Lucille
• The Oscars — Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame — Self
• Schlitz Playhouse of Stars — Self - Host / Marian Thorne
• The Colgate Comedy Hour — Self
• What's My Line? — Self
• The Ed Sullivan Show — Self
• 1940Breakdowns of 1940 — Self
• 1938Hollywood Goes to Town — Self
• 1936Screen Snapshots (Series 16, No. 1) — Self